I drifted to sleep and into a familiar dream.I saw you holding a glass of wine and smiling at a beautiful woman. She was dressed simply yet she was breathtaking. Her eyes were vibrant and honest; her smiles were pure and genuine. She laughed with so much glee, talked with little inhibitions. She looked content and free.She was me.I woke up with a start. I stared at the mirror, at shadows and hollows on my cheeks and eyes...

He took a swig of the whiskey, hoping to dull the ache inside.The illusion that he moved on shattered, demolishing all pretenses he built over time. Like an avalanche, her memories flooded his mind and senses with a vengeance that could destroy his sanity.He felt her alive once again, remembering even the taste of her kisses and the throbbing of old wounds she caused. She was his most beautiful mistake.As the sun was ecli...

Being a kid, no one minds him as he collects wine bottles around the neighborhood.Every night, he carefully takes out a piece of paper and scribbles anything that comes to his mind. Sometimes a rhyme he learned from school. Sometimes a drawing. Most of the time, little stories his mom reads to him at night.At dusk each day, he runs to the shore and places the bottle on the hollow of a huge rock. Then he hides and waits ne...

The leprechaun sat by the tree in complete dismay, chained and cursed by his people.In their coming of age, leprechauns prove their worth to their kind by transforming stone into gold through mere touch. Each one is capable of doing it,  but the degree of purity varies. Those with purer feelings make the purest of gold.“I felt your touch, but your feelings are too strong and pure for gold.” A female’s voice echoed.  The l...

My grandma and I sat on the bench, watching the river. I was eight, and she was almost eighty.“You see how still the river is, love?” she asked as she drew me close to her. “The deeper the river, the stiller it becomes.”I nodded.“Be like this river as you grow up. So deep, they will wonder and be drawn towards you. So still, you reflect all the beauty around you. So strong, you can mold your path the way you want it to.”“...

Have you ever met the manBorn with a universe deep within.A home to stars and galaxiesWrapped in human skin.He can be still and quietA space devoid of noiseReminding you that silenceIs still eternity’s voice.When he does talk, it seemsAs if time chooses to pause,Basking in his brilliance,Before it chimes an applause.He loves with the passion,Of a million suns colliding.And he knows how a star,Shines bright when it’s dying...

There is magic in her words,That puts you in a trance.Her poetry is music,That begs your soul to dance.She paints a kind of beauty,That also crushes the heart.Like millions of stars falling,Before it tears the world apart.Her fears, joys, and sorrows,Her hushed whispers in the dark,Leave you utterly breathlessAs they singe and leave a mark.I asked how she did it,And I ended up regretting.For there are some truths,That are...

A pink blush tinged her cheeks, That moment he smiled at her. And how she flushed so red, When he offered a flower. She glowed more than the sapphire, On her finger, he bestowed. With promises of forever, Of together, growing old. She was a beauty in white, As she walked down the aisle. Her head on clouds and rainbows, Hoping time would stop awhile. Yet shadows lurked and consumed, Lies all bared in the darkest hue. She l...

You were a hurricane draped in lightning and walking on fire. An unstoppable force, a serious threat, yet also a mesmerizing sight. My heart clenched painfully, in fright and in awe. My instincts screamed to stay away yet I found myself inching closer. As the winds tore down the trees, I remembered the time you said my name. As mountains burned, I remembered your kisses. I heard thunder in my heart in your presence. I fel...

Hate with a hint of longing.Scorn with a tinge of craving. Disdain with shades of desire. Loathing laced with fire. A curse yet almost a prayer.A scream and a whisper. A war-cry and a lullaby.Your truth and your lie. As your lips curl in a slur,Your eyes, they remember. For every shame in her name,I wish mine carries the same.

I met him on some strange site,Where strangers talked day and night.He was there for the first time,I was there just to kill time. It was like we’ve known each other,As if we met only to remember.We laughed and talked with no shame,Before we knew each other’s name. Days and months soon passed us by,Feelings grew I couldn’t deny,We decided it’s time to meet,I heard my heart’s wild beat. I waited there fidgeting,In a café,...

His kisses, are dreams and wishes, Of butterfly wings, and new beginnings, Of stormy awakenings, and happy endings. His kisses, are his promises, Of love eternal, and all things special, Of everything magical, and more sensual. His kisses, are distant memories, Of hearts that falter, and wounds that fester, Of unanswered prayer, and scars that linger. Of all I loved after, I often do wonder, why I still remember, his kiss...

“I prepared breakfast,” I said, approaching him as he descended down the stairs. “I’m in a hurry. Rick and I have this breakfast meeting with a client.” “Okay.” I tiptoed to give him the usual goodbye kiss but he slowly averted his lips, so I kissed his cheek instead. My dearest husband rushed out of the house without looking back. He never noticed the unshed tears nor the trembling of my lips. It was just a moment ago th...

Hidden in a church’s bell tower, I crouched as I aimed my rifle towards a black Audi down below. The target was a man with a dragon tattoo on his arm. I felt the trigger, viewing him through the scope as he alighted. A bullet in the head was all it needed. I saw the tattoo and was about to shoot when my prey smiled and looked straight at me. I recognized the face of the man I once loved as he stood there waiting mockingly...

When they are too loud,They torture me,You sing so proud,It disarms me. When I hear their fear,As death claims them,Your arms hold me dear,I forget them. When my tears flow,My soul is aching,You say I still glow,I smile, disbelieving. When my sanity fails,Every time I remember,You weave some tales,I become a dreamer. When you left so suddenly, I thought I’ll be fine.Their screams faded instantly.I hear nothing but mine.